A small project created because “practise more” is not a complete teaching method.
The project began with a recurring frustration among self-taught calligraphy learners: finished demonstrations were easy to find, but explanations of why a learner's own stroke failed were much harder to find.
The team built the studio around diagnosis instead of imitation. Each lesson asks a narrow question, shows several comparable examples and gives the learner a short exercise that makes the problem visible.
Shawin B.V. operates the project from Marie Braunhof 16, 6833 LW Arnhem, Netherlands. The educational service is intended for remote learners in the Netherlands.
The small editorial team
Eva de Vries
Learning editor. Designs exercise sequences and checks that every worksheet has a single, understandable diagnostic goal.
Joris van Dalen
Stroke practice editor. Develops pressure, turn and movement drills and reviews how examples are compared.
Sanne Meijer
Letterform editor. Organises form families, joins and spacing exercises into progressive practice sets.
Thomas Bakker
Materials editor. Builds controlled comparisons involving pointed nibs, paper surfaces and ink behaviour.
Noor Jansen
Learner support. Handles platform questions and flags instructions that need clearer examples.